Austin Critics’ Table Awards: 2013-2014 winners
The Austin Critics Table presented its 2013-2014 awards Monday night at the Cap City Comedy Club. The winners are:
THEATRE
Production, Drama
Fat Pig, Theatre En Bloc
Production, Comedy
Der Bestrafte Brudermord, The Hidden Room Theatre
Production, Musical
Little Shop of Horrors, Zilker Theatre Productions
Direction
Sarah Rasmussen, In the Next Room, or The Vibrator Play
Acting in a Leading Role
Jill Blackwood, In the Next Room, or The Vibrator Play
Emily Erington, Gidion’s Knot
Ryan Hamilton, Fat Pig
Jason Liebrecht, The Lieutenant of Inishmore/Fixing King John
Jeff Mills, Three, or The Sound of the Great Existential Nothingness
Acting in a Supporting Role
Andrew Cannata, Les Misérables/Assassins
Ryan Crowder, Red
Amy Downing, In the Next Room, or The Vibrator Play
Traci Lee, Les Misérables
Tiffany Mann, One Night With Janis Joplin
Ensemble Performance
Fixing King John, Rude Mechanicals
Music Direction
Greg Bolin, Anything Goes
Movement
Cassie Abate, Anything Goes
David Mark Cohen New Play Award
Three, or The Sound of the Great Existential Nothingness, Timothy Braun
Touring Show, Theatre
Jomama Jones: Radiate!, Salvage Vanguard Theater
El Rumor del Incendio, Lagartijas Tiradas Al Sol/Fusebox Festival
DANCE
Dance Concert
The Undoing of Nonet, Kathy Dunn Hamrick Dance Company
Short Work
“Resonance,” Ariel Dance Theatre/Heloise Gold
Choreographer
Kathy Dunn Hamrick, The Big Small/The Undoing of Nonet
Dancer
Alyson Dolan, The Big Small/The Undoing of Nonet/The Bowie Project: A Rock & Roll Soundpainting/”Grit”
Rebecca Johnson, A Midsummer Night’s Dream/Giselle
Ensemble
A’lante Flamenco, Prophecies
DESIGN
Scenic Design
Moria Sine Clinton, In the Next Room, or The Vibrator Play
Costume Design
Judanna Lynn, The Nutcracker
Lighting Design
Stephen Pruitt, Gold Show/Rose Show/Heart/The Undoing of Nonet/The Crapstall Street Boys/PowerUP
Sound Design
K. Eliot Haynes, The Crapstall Street Boys
Video Design
K. Eliot Haynes and Chris Owen, The Crapstall Street Boys
CLASSICAL MUSIC
Symphonic Performance
Puts: How Wild the Sea, UT Symphony Orchestra with Miró Quartet
Chamber Performance
Reich: Music for Pieces of Wood/Soper: In the Reign of Harad IV/Xenakis: Okho, line upon line percussion
Choral Performance
Mozart Requiem Undead, Texas Choral Consort/Convergence/Golden Hornet Project
Opera
Tosca, Austin Lyric Opera
Singer
Cameron Beauchamp, Mozart Requiem Undead
Kathryn Findlen, That the Night Come
Original Composition/Score
“Black-Eyed Suzy,” Donald Grantham
Instrumentalist
Brian Lewis, McLean: Elements
Ensemble
line upon line percussion
VISUAL ART
Museum Exhibition
“Converging Lines: Eva Hesse and Sol LeWitt,” Veronica Roberts, curator; Blanton Museum of Art
Solo Gallery Exhibition
“Jessica Mathews: Stepping Into Water,” Red Space
“Wura-Natasha Ogunji: Your heart is clean,” MASS Gallery
Group Gallery Exhibition
“Something Lost,” Phil LaDeau, curator; Co-Lab Projects N Space
Work of Art: Independent or Public Project
“Thirst,” Women & Their Work, Beili Liu, Emily Little, Norma Yancey, Cassie Bergstrom, Lady Bird Lake
Work of Art: Installation
“Common Crossings,” Marianne Vitale, The Contemporary Austin, Laguna Gloria
Artist
Michael Sieben
Claude van Lingen
Gallery, Body of Work
Tiny Park Gallery
SPECIAL CITATIONS
John Bustin Award for Conspicuous Versatility: Michael Stuart
W.H. “Deacon” Crain for Outstanding Student Work: Brittany Allyson, St. Edward’s; Annie Wallace, Texas State University
For showing us how personal loss can be transformed through the making of art, The Dancing Through the Pain Award: Ellen Bartel, “I Begin Where I Grieve”
For coordinating a celebration of printmaking that touched all corners of the city, The Unlimited Edition Award: Elvia Perrin and Cathy Savage, PrintAustin 2014
For doing such an outstanding job of bringing the international violin community to Austin, The Bow Monde Award: Butler School of Music, hosting of the 2014 Menuhin Competition
For wounds suffered in excessive encounters with bureaucracy, The Red Tape Purple Heart Award: The “Thirst” team